Norinco SKS question of value
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"Hello, a friend wants to trade me and says his SKS is worth $400 because of condition."
And your opinion is still wrong, I can't list something in EE if I don't own it??
I decided against it as I don't think an SKS is worth $400
Thanks for the input everyone.
JJ
Sound decision i think, JJ. Nice Chinese and Russian SKS can still be found for $200 to $300. So, with some luck and lots of.looking around, with the $400 the friend was asking for his, you could buy two very decent SKS. Easy to figure out what I would do...
Now if his SKS was a 1949 Russian, or a Yugo, that'd be a different story.
Now if his SKS was a 1949 Russian, or a Yugo, that'd be a different story.
I've heard for many years on forums such as this that the Norinco SKS civilian export models are of lessor quality. I purchased one of these brand new in the box in 1984. It has had dozens of crates of ammo go down range and shoots just as good as the day I bought it 35 years ago. Sure its not as pretty as a Russian sks, but for reliability I don't think I have a rifle with more rounds through it. I can't speak for others, but my experience is that they are 100% as good as any other sks rifle.
I would think 250-300 bucks would be a reasonable price for the rifle in the picture of the OP
I would think 250-300 bucks would be a reasonable price for the rifle in the picture of the OP
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Any SKS marked Norinco is commercial garbage. Less than $150. If it was Factory 26, or another military manufacturer, then it might justify $229, which is the going rate for Chinese SKS rifles today. It’s not worth $400 and your friend is delusional. However, someone equally delusional might just pay that amount for such a rifle.
Its no different than Chinese military rifles. When the Chinese stopped producing military rifles they started to export them as civilian rifles. The same factories, the same factory workers, the same parts inventory warehouse. Do you really believe that they threw away all the old military parts inventory, machines, and workers just to make new factory machines, parts inventory and find new workers to produce exactly the same model of rifle for export?? Its the exact same factories, with the same product for a new market.
Almost. For example: Some commercial norinco sks'es have pinned barrels, while all chinese military sks'es have screwed barrels. Not all sks'es are equal; that's why they are so much fun to collect
You're wrong. Not all the military Chinese Type 56 Carbines (SKS's) have screwed barrels. In the beginning of the 1970's some arsenals switched from screwed barrels to pinned barrels. I have a military Type 56 Carbine from the factory 306 (all matching) manufactured at the end of 1971 that has a pinned barrel. The pinned ones are easy to recognize since they have no barrel lug.
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